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Gaza: School set for polio vaccine campaign hit in deadly strike, says UNRWA

·October 14, 2024·2 min read

“Throughout the night, I spoke to a colleague sheltering in the compound who told me, ‘We miraculously survived, the fire caught everywhere even the tent where we were sleeping burnt. The scene is terrifying,’” said Louise Wateridge, spokesperson for the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA. Images shared by UNRWA...

Lebanon crisis: Health workers and facilities ‘targeted or hit’

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·October 10, 2024·2 min read

The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, reported that ambulances and relief centres had been “targeted or hit in Lebanon, causing further casualties”, adding that the UN health agency WHO and health partners have continued to deliver life-saving surgical supplies to frontline health workers. International humanitarian law provides special protection for...

Catastrophic hunger doubles in 2024; Gaza and Sudan worst hit

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·September 5, 2024·4 min read

The updated Global Report on Food Crises reveals that nearly two million people are now grappling with the most critical level of food insecurity, classified as Phase 5 on the global IPC scale, which tracks acute hunger. This level represents an “extreme lack of food and exhaustion of coping capacities,”...

Gaza war: ‘Intense ground battles’ reported, hospital hit kills five

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·January 3, 2024·2 min read

Airstrikes and missiles struck dwellings and public buildings on Tuesday including Al-Amal hospital in Khan Younis killing five, among them a five-day-old baby, reports indicate. “No child in the world should be killed, let alone one sheltering under the emblem of a humanitarian organisation; this has to end,” said Gemma...

Gaza flooding latest disaster to hit desperate Palestinians

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·December 14, 2023·2 min read

UN humanitarian affairs coordination office OCHA said that many areas in the enclave have been flooded, “worsening the struggle of displaced Palestinians”, while UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini was due to brief journalists in Geneva on the situation on Thursday, following his most recent visit to Gaza. Almost 1.9 million people...

From Death Valley to the Swiss Alps, extreme weather records hit new heights

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·August 23, 2023·3 min read

Speaking in Geneva, WMO spokesperson Clare Nullis said that a new altitude record for the freezing point had been set a day earlier, climbing to 5,298 metres (17,381 feet) – well above Europe’s very highest peaks including Mont Blanc, at 4,811 metres (15,784 feet). WMO figures show that this is 115...

World Bank: sharp, long-lasting slowdown to hit developing countries hard

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·January 11, 2023·2 min read

Globally, growth continues to slow sharply due to rising inflation and interest rates, reduced investment, and supply disruptions caused by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Any new adverse development could further push the global economy into recession, said the World Bank. This includes higher-than-expected inflation rates, abrupt rises in interest...

Young workers have been hit hardest by COVID fallout, says UN labour agency |

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·August 11, 2022·4 min read

According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), the pandemic has caused many additional problems for 15 to 24-year-olds who’ve experienced “much higher” unemployment losses than older workers since the global health emergency was declared in early 2020. Young women have struggled more than their male counterparts to find work, while...